Photoprinting machine



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I G. M. DYE ET AL PHOTOPRINTING MACHINE 14 Sheets-Sheet 14 Filed Sept. 10'. ,1921

Patented Mar. 18, 1924.

. UNITED STATES -PATENT OFFICE.

GLEN M. ANDJOHN M. WELCH, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNORS TO PARKO CORPORATION, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION OF DELA- WARE.

PHOTOPRINTIN G MACHINE.

Application filed September 1c, 1921. Serial No. 499,632.

Tigzll whom it may concern:

it known that we, GLEN M. DYE and.

JOHN M. WEIXJH, citizens of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pliotoprinting Machines;

and wedo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it use the same. Our invention relates to and provides certain highly important improvements in photographic printing machines, and generally stated the invention consists of the novel devices "and combinations of devices hereinappertains to make and v after described and defined in the claims.

Certain of the features herein disclosed but not claimed are-disclosed and claimed broadly in the application of Glen M. Dye entitled Presser back mechanism for photoprinting machine, filed of even date herewith; and certain other features herein disclosed and not claimed are disclosed and broadly claimed in the application of John M. Welch, entitled Hinged printing-head for photo printing machine. The present I invention is directed to certain features that have been jointly produced by the joint applicants herein, to-wit: the said Glen M. Dye and John M. Welch in their joint efforts to produce a commercial photo printing machine of large capacity and high efficiency which may be constructed at comparatively small cost and which may be economically shipped in knock down form'and readily assembled at the place where it is to be sold or used.

Such a commercial machine is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein like characters indicate. like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation showing the complete machine g Fig. 2 is a perspective showing the upper portion;

Fig. -3 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken from front to rearof the line 44 ofFig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a section on the same line" as Fig. 4 with certain parts raised;

Fig. 6 is a section taken approximately may be detachably connected on the same line as Figs. 4 and 5 but showin the printing head frame, presser board and presser lever connected together and moved into extreme raised position and illustrating also the use'of a spot light;

Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are plan views of the printing head illustrating the use of a modifying screen in connection therewith, the presser head being removed;

Fig. 9 is a erspective showing certain parts which ma e up the so-called diffusing screen assembly;

Fig. 10 is a perspective showing the elevator frame and cooperating parts that make up the so-called modifying-screen elevator.

Fig. 11 is a vertical section taken on the line 1111 of Fig. 10;

Fig. 12 is a perspective showing the socalled cabinet body assembly Fig. 13 is a perspective showing the lam Fig. 14 is a diagram showing the electric wiring of the machine;

Fig. 15 is a perspective showing the socalled mask cabinet;

Fig. 16 is a perspective showing the top plate of the mask cabinet shown in Fig. 15; an

Fig. 17 is an elevation of one of the vertical plates or partitions of said mask cabinet.

The various parts of the machine are supported direct y or indirectly from the cabinet body or main frame shown in detail in Fig. 12, and heretofore referred to as the cabinet body assembly. This cabinet body is made up of end panels 18 and middle panel 19 a cabinet floor or board 21, which several parts are detachably connected and hence capable of being knocked down, packed and shipped within small space. Said elements by screw bolts or otherwise but as shown the floor 21 is bolted to angle strips 22 which in turn are bolted to the end panels 18.

photo printing 4 and back panel 20, and

The so-called diffusing screen assembly to the top of the cabinet body shown (see Figs. 1, 3 and 12.)

The frame 23 supports several slidable' diffusing screens 24 and also the modifying screen elevator which is best shown in detail in Figs. 10 and 11. The diffusing screens 24 slide in horizontal grooves or runways 25 (see Figs. 3 and 9) formed in the opposing inner faces of the front and rear rails of the frame 23; and the said screens 24 have forward projecting handles 26 that work through slots 27 in the front rail of the frame 23. Said elevator frame as shown is made up of cast front and rear bars 27 and transverse spacing bars .28 which bars are rigidly connected. The ends of the spacing bars 28 project, rest upon the top of the front and rear bars of frame 23 and are detachably secured thereto by screws or otherwise. The cast bars 27 are formed each with two vertically extended angular corner guides 27 that are spaced to form the four corners of a rectangular arallelogram corresponding approximate y to the size of the modifying screen 29. This modifying screen 29 may be of any suitable construction but preferably is a glass plate having a ground surface upon which chalk or the like may be caused to adhere for a purpose hereinafter to be described. When this modifying screen is placed with its corners in the angular guides 27 it will I be guided for true vertical movement and is adapted to be supported on the laterally turned ends of elevator arms 30 that are pivotally associated with the angular corner guides 27 and arranged for simultaneous movement as best shown in Figs. 10 and 11. These elevator arms 30 are secured to parallel transverse rock shafts 31 that are outwardly journaled in the frame bars 27 below the tops of the latter and are provided at their left hand ends with small worm gears 32. These worm gears 32 mesh with worms 33 secured on an operating shaft 34 journaled in the pending end flanges of the frame bars 27 and provided at its front end with a knob or operating handle 34 which is exposed at the front of the machine head. It is to be noted that the diffusing screens 24 (see particularly Figs. 3 and 4) are arranged to slide under the elevator frame and its angular corner guides, to positions immediately below the elevator frame and modifying screen and back to inoperative positions above the mask cabinet,

as best shown in Fig. 3.

As is obvious when the operating shaft 34 is rotated the elevator arms 30 will be moved simultaneously upward or simultaneously downward thereby raising or lowering, as the case may be, the modifying screen 29 in the corner guides 27. The mask cabinet shown in Fig..15 is adapted to fit within the right hand compartment of the rigidly connect said parts. Preferably the bottom plate 36 is like the top plate 35 except that the ends of the former are turned upward while the ends of the latter project and are adapted to rest upon the spacer bars of the diffusing screen frame 23 and to be secured to the same by screws or the like.

The lamp house and wiring assembly shown in detail inFig. 13 is adapted to fit in the upper portion of the left hand compartment of the cabinet body and as shown this assembly is made up of the following elements: The numeral 39 indicates the lamp house floor which may be of sheet metal with downward and inwardly turned ends that support a panel board 40 of insulating material.

The lamp house floor 39 is provided with a plurality of lamp sockets 41 adapted to receive the actinic printing lamps or light bulbs 42, and said provided with one other socket 43 which is adapted to serve a non-actinic or so-called pilot lamp or light bulb 44. The sockets 41 and 43 are of porcelain or otherwise insulated from each other. The numeral 45 indicates the front plate of the lamp house and the numeral 46 the rear plate of the lamp house. The said plates 4H6 are spaced from but rigidly secured to the floor 39 by U shaped straps 47. The front plate 45 at its lower edge has a rearwardly turned flange 48 that is spaced from the panel board 40, and the back plate 46 is provided at its lower edge with a back-turned flange 49 that is below the in-turned flange 20 of the back plate 20.

By reference particularly to Fig. 4 it Wlll be noted that .the just described arrangement of the flanges 48-49 and 20' provides zigzag air passages indicated by arrows mark on Fig. 4 and through which direct light rays will not be outwardly projected from the lamp house.

The front late 45 at its ends is shown as rovided wit flanges 50 that are adapted to be secured by screws or otherwise to the floor is also shown as plate 35 and bottom ed m left hand and center panels of the cabinet 'nected by a lead and middle panel 19 of the cabinet body to form alamp house through which there will ample circulation of air. Attention is now directed to the diagram view Fig. 14 which shows the manner in which the printing lamps 42, pilot lamp 44 and the portable spot ligh switches to be presently noted are connected in circuit with a battery or source of electrical energ conventionally indicated and marked with the numeral 51. The sockets 41 for the printing lam s 42 are connected in parallel or multiple y wires 52 and 53. The so-called work switch to be presently described includes two separated spring contacts 5454", diagrammatically shown in Fig. 14, and which are connected to but insulated from a supporting bracket 55 see Fig. 13) that is secured to the upper front ortion of the frame 23 (see particularly igs. 1, 4, 6 and 9.

One terminal of the battery 51 is con- 56 with the wire 52 and the connected by a secondary e contact 54*. The other terother wire 53 is lead 56* to th minal of the battery 51 is connected to the but will be closed tangular glass plate 62 t contact 54 by a lead 57. The lead 57 is intermediately connected to one side of the pilot light socket 43 while the other sideof said socket 43 is connected to the intermediate portion of the light 53.

A switch 58 is shown as located in the lead 56. This switch will be open when the machine is to be entirely out out of action during all automatic actions.

The numeral 59 indicates a normally open switch connected between the leads 57 and 56 and between the lamps and the contacts 54 and 54.

The portable spot light 60 is an electrical lamp having a suita and a casing with perforationfor a limited or restricted light beam 6 and 14). This portable lamp or 60 is connected in a shunt .60 leads 5657. The shunt 60" is shown as provided with a switch 60 which when closed connects the spot light to the source of energy. The manner in which these circuits and lamps above described are operated will appear in the summary description of the operation.

Mounted on thcleft hand side of the socalled diffusing screen frame 23 and overlying the modified screen 29 is a so-called printing head assembly, the chief elements of which are a printing frame with glass plate therein, a two-part presser. board, and a presser lever. The printing frame 61 is a rectangular structure rovided with 8. recat directly overlies the modifying. screen 29. Said frame 61 at its rear is hinged to the upper rear portion of the cabinet body by hinges 63 (see parreferably le handle pro ect1ng (see Figs. spot light across the t and certain .in Fi ticularl F1 p v adapte to b e locked down in a horizontal posltion b any suitable means, such as an elbow late 64, pivoted thereto and engage able with latch detent 65 on the bottom of the frame 23, which latter it will be remembered is rigidly though detachably hinged to the cabinet body.

Mounted on the printing head frame 61 is a presser lever, resser boards and certain other devices which as here illustrated constitute a mechanism designated as a presser back mechanism and which is of a ty dis-' closed and claimed in the sole ap llcation of Glen M. Dye, already fully i entified. The presser lever ton member hinged or pivoted at its rear' by a hinged pin bracket 68 and is bolted or otherwise ri idly secured directly to the rear portion 0% the printing frame 61 and is provided with ever stop lugs 69 to limit the upward movement of said lever to the position shown b dotted lines Fig. 5. The numeral 70 indicates a torsion spring apgllied on a hinged pivot 67 reacting against t exerting a yielding force which tends to hold th raised position. Front and rear presser boards 71 and 72 are connected to the presser lever 66 as follows: The front or transversely extended presser spring riders in the form of rods 73 are rigidly secured. to the presser lever 66 and their ends project into open bottom portions 74 of laterally spaced so-called presser spring saddle bars 75. The front ends of the saddle bars 75 by screws or otherwise are rigidly secured to the front presser board 71, while the rear portions of said saddle bars loosely overlie the rear presser board 72 but are not directly connected thereto, and hence are ca able of limited rising movements above t e same for an important purpose.

e inner presser board 72 is rigidly connected to the front ends of arms or so-called hinge strapsv 76', the rear ends of' which are pivoted on the ends of the hi d pin 67.

t their rear ends the saddle ars 75 are rovided with inturned projectionsor lift on the lever 66 ugs 77, which when said lever has been raised approximately as shown byfull lines 5 engage the hinged straps 76 so'that said ever when moved further u ward will. lift the rear presser board "wit it. The rear presser board 72, however, is yieldin ly pressed downward or away from the sad le ars or presser lever by U shaped s ring 78 the lower ends of which are attache to said grzsser board and the upper end of which rs against the rear spring rider.

The saddle bars 75 are yieldingly pressed downward and away from t 66 as faras the tops of the the ends of the spring riders 73' will perhe prewar lever 66 shown'is a cast skelepockets 74 and 4, 5 and 6.) The frame 61 is i 67 to lugs of a hinged e bracket 68. and

e same in its said mit, by presser springs 79, shown as formed from flat spring metal strips located just inward of each saddle bar and extending under the front and rear presser spring riders 73.

A look 80 for securing the presser lever in its depressed position and designed for use also as a hand piece is pivoted to the free end of the presser lever 66 and is provided with a. cam-acting hook 81 that is eccentric to the axis of the pivoted connection between said lever and hand piece. The said lock 80 on its hub has stops 82 that limit its movement in respect to the presser lever 66. The eccentric cam-acting lock 81 has an inner surface which in a direction inward from its end is eccentric to and gradually approaches the axis of the pivoted connection between the lock and lever and at the inner extremity of said cam-acting surface is formedwith a. slight depression 81.

The cam surface of the lock 80 where the presser lever is depressed is engageable with roller equipped abutment 83 applied to the free edge of the printing head frame The hook 81 of the lock 80 carries a switch element in the form of a contact pin 84 that is insulated therefrom and projects at both ends so that when the lock is forced down to locking position as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. said contact pin 8 f will engage the contacts 54 and 54 of the socalled work switch and will then close the ilgectric circuit through the printing lamps In the use of the modifying screen 29 already described and which by the elevator arms 30 is moved vertically into the corner guides 27 of the elevator structure, said modifying plate will be temporarily placed above the negative with its corners vertically aligned with the corner guides 27 and then the said modifying plate will be marked with chalk, pencil or otherwise, as, for example, illustrated in Fig. 8, so as to produce dense areas at places where there are high shadows or thin portions on the negative.

The above operation requires, first, efiieient means for holding the negative positioned on the. glass plate (32- of the printing head frame 61 and for this purpose we employ thin spring metal negative holding straps 85. the ends of which are engageable on the flanges of channel strips 86 that are secured to and imbedded in the frame 61.

Second there should be provided means for accurately positioning the modifying screen 29 when placed above the negative with its corners vertically aligned with corner guides 27 so that marks produced on the modifying screen when itis in its elevated position will correspondingly align with the image on the negative when said modifying screen is placed in its operative position in the guides 27 and upon the elevator arms 30. The so-called register guides 87 provided for this purpose, as shown, are pressed metal elements connecte to the rear portion of the printing head frame 61 by hinges 88 and provided at their free ends with right angle aligning notches 89. Said register guides 87 are arranged to engage the right. and left rear corners of the raised modifying screen 29 and hence said guides are made as rights and lefts. \Vhen the modifying screen is placed above the negative for the purpose stated the register guides 87 will be turned over into operative position as shown in Fig. 8 but when the said modifying screen is removed and placed back in normal printing position said guides 87 will be turned back into inoperative position, as shown in Fig. 7 where they will not interfere with normal printing operations.

Secured on the right hand portion of the frame 23 of the diffusing screen assemblyis a table board or top 90 that is preferably flush with the printing head frame 61 when the latter is turned down to operative position.

The negative is indicated by the character y and the sensitized paper or print by the character y.

Operation.

The manner in which the modifying screen is used has already been described. When it is placed on the elevator arms 30 with its corners in the guides 27-27 it may be raised and lowered and set at the proper distance from the negative for producing any desired modified blending.

When the modifying screen is placed about the negative while light is produced below the same it will be a very easy matter to determine just what modification and blending is desired and the markings on the mod 1- fying screen do notneed to be applied in any great degree of accuracy but may be applied in a rough manner at the places where the modification in shadows is desired. Inasmuch as the marked modifying screen when placed in operative position below the negative is never in actual contact therewith, the markings on the modifying screen will not be reproduced in detail on the print but will produce the desired general shading of modifying effect.

' The sensitized printing paper w ll, of course, be placed on the negative while the presser lever and presser boards are raised. hen the presser lever is moved downward the rear presser board will come into engagement with the print while the front presser board is still raised approximately as shown in Fig. 5, thus permitting the print to be held by the fingers until it is engaged with the rear presser the resser lever is then forced on downward the front presser board also will engage the print. and when the l0ck 80 is then moved pivotally so as to engage its hook 81 with the abutment 83 the two presser boards will be tightly pre$ed against the print and negative.

The presser boards able to ne atives, prints, printing borders, masks and the like; but this is a matter more full described in the application of the said len M. Dye.

In commercial use it will be a good practise to mark corres onding negatives and modifying screens w1th the same number, at least when they are use. If this is done in the subsequent use of the two, the modifying screen will be first placed in position, then' the ne ative. can be quite readlly alig'nedtherewitfi when light is produced below the negative and thus it reassemble the negative and modifying screen in their original or propler relative positions for'printin T e above described use of the mo ifying screen enables an amateur or rson not highl skilled to do high gra e shadow modi cation correspondin in many ways to retouching and to accomplish this work rapidly. Of course, the so-called markings for dense areas on the modifying screen may be produced in any suitable way but usually they would be produced by the use of chalk,

be applied by crayon or fpencil, or they may more or less transparent paper the use 0 1 or the like applied to the modifying screen.

It may now be observed that when the lock 80 is moved to its locking position, as above described, thereby closing the circuit between the working switch contacts 54 and, the battery or main circuit will be closed through all of the printing lamps 42 and said lamps will be that all will be illuminated as required for printing. Here it is important tonote that the contact 84 may be thus engaged with the working switch contacts 54 and 54* either by pivotal movement of the lock 80 while the frame 61 and lever 66 are depressed or by a downward movement of the ock while it is engaged with the detent 83 tolock together said frame 61 and lever 66.' en the circuit is broken between contacts 54 and 54 the circuit through the rinting lamps 42 will not actuall be. bro on but "the only current that can t on flow through said printing lamps'must also flow throu h e non-actinic pi ot lamp 44 and this pi ot lamp 44 will then be illuminated but will ofier high resistance on the current flow and the small amount of current thus flowing divided between the large numberof lamps 42 will not be suflicient to render said print- Th board. When be are universally adjustbe to be kept for future (1 connected in parallel so 9) 12). Next the cabinet partment o 'be varied but substantia If the line switch opened the whole'lamp system will be cut out of action. On the other hand, if said switch 58 be closed and the shortcircuit switch 59 also closed, then the printi lamps will be constantly in circuit an hence, of course will be in circuit even when the presser lever and presser boards are raised. This permits the brought into action or use when the modifying screen 29 is placed above the negatidve and is being marked as above describe The portable spot li ht 60 will be thrown into circuit whenever t e circuit 60" is closed and this spot light may then be used for producing modi ed printing actions such as isclosed in the ap lication of John M. Welch above identlfi dd.

For the pur ose of shipment the cabinet body (Fig. 12 will be separated into its component five elements and these elements packed close together. The so-called diffusing screen assembly will shown in Fig. 9 and ship (1 in that condition. The printing head made up of the printing frame 61, presser boards and presser lever and immediately connected parts will be assembled as shown, for example, in Fig. 2, but will be detached from the frame 23. Of the assembly shown in Fig. 9, as before stated, the elements of the cabinet (Fig. 15) will be shipped separately in closely packed condition.

'The front plate 45 and rear plate 46 and brackets 47 of the lamp house assembly (Fi 13) will be se arated for the purpose of s ipment and t e 1i ht bulbs may be purchased when the evice is to be assembled.

In assembling the machine at the glace of use or elsewhere the cabinet body W1 1 be first assembled as shown in Fig. 12.

Then the difiusing screen assembly (Fig.

is secured on the top cabinet body Fig. (Fig. 15) may be vplaced in the ri ht hand comthe cabinet body and secured frame 23 as already described. Then the 'nting head frame 61 by its hin cs 63 may be attached to the frame 23 an then the table board top 90 may be applied on the frame 23. The parts of the lamp house assembly (Fig. 13) may then be connected together and inserted in the left hand compartment of the cabinet body and secured in the manner already described. Then when the various ing lamps 42 luminous.

assembled,

electrical circuits have n connected and the switches applied, as described, the machine will be read for operation. Of course, the exact o assembly of the various may be followed with great advantage.

e fusing screens normally are posi- Frinting lamps to be assembled as er of parts described may ly the order named I tion, and the other tioned under the table top 90 where they are in inoperative positions but may readily slid into operative positions. The expression transparent plate, as descriptive of the glass plate or the like, in the printing head frame, is used in a broad and liberal sense to include an kind of a support for the negative an print that will pass light to the print.

Whatwe claim is:

1. In a photo printing machine, a lamp house, a printing head displaceably mounted thereon and having a transparent plate, a presser board cooperating with said plate, a screen mounted in the upper portion of said lamp house below the transparent plate of said printing head and in respect to which said printing head is movable, and two locks, the one for securing said printing head frame and presser board together for common movements to and from printing posifor securing said printing head frame to said lamp house while said presser board is free to be moved to and from clamping position.

2. In a photo printing machine, a lamp house, a printing head frame displaeeably mounted on said lamp house and having a transparent plate, a presser board having means for securing the same to said printing head frame for common movements therewith but capable of movements independently thereof, and a modifying screen in the upper portion of said lamp house located below said transparent plate and in respect to which said printing head frame and transparent plate are capable of movements to and from cooperative relation.

3. In a photo printing machine, a lamp house, a transparent plate applied to said lamp house in position to support a negative and print, means supporting a modifying screen in said lamp house and properly aligned with said transparent plate, and means located above said transparent plate for positioning said modifying screen while above the transparent plate and the negative, in an alignment therewith corresponding to the operative when the latter is placed within said lamp house and below said transparent plate.

4:. The construction defined in claim 3 in further combination with means for adjusting said modifying screen toward and from the negative and for maintaining its alignment therewith throughout such adjustments.

5. The structure defined in claim 3 in I which the means for positioning said modifying screen above said transparent plate is a pair of corner gages mounted to move to and from operative positions.

6. The structure defined in claim 3 in which the means for positioning said modifying screen above said transparent plate is position of said screen' a pair of corner gages mounted to move to and from operative positions, the said corner gages having notches in their free ends for engagement with corresponding 'a presser back movable both with and independently of sail printing head frame, a lock for securing said presser board to said printing head frame, and a lamp circuit including lamps within said lamp house and including also a working switch constructed and arranged to close said circuit by a movement of said lock to and from operative position while said presser board is clamped to said printing head frame.

8. he construction defined in claim 7 in which said working switch will be closed also by movement with said printing head frame and presser board when the two are moved while locked together by said lock.

9. The combination of a lamp house, of a printing head frame hinged to said lamp house and having a transparent plate, of a presser board mounted for movement both with and independently of said printing head frame, a presser head lever hinged to said frame and yieldingly operative on said.

presser board, a lock pivoted to said lever and engaging with a lock abutment on said printing head frame, .and an electric circuit including printing lamps within said lamp house, and a work switch arranged to be closed by a movement of said pivoted lock to working position while said frame is in lowered or printing position.

10. The combination of a lamp house and a transparent plate connected therewith and a modifying screen, of means for vertically adjusting the modifying screen in the upper portion of the lamp house, corner guides engageable with the corners of said modifying screen to maintain its alignment with the negative throughout its adjustment, and corner gauges on the outer side of said transparent plate having portions vertically aligned with corner guides, to position the modifying screen above the negative in the same alignment therewith as determined by said corner guides.

11. In a photo printing machine a lamp house, a printing head frame with a transparent plate at the top of said lamp house, a modifying screen in the upper portion of said lamp house, below said transparent plate, vertical corner guides engaging with the corners of said modifying screen, elevator arms associated with said corner guides and supporting said modifying screen, and means for simultaneously moving the several elevator arms to adjust said modifying screen toward and from the negative. 

